Apress - Beginning CSharp 2005 Databases From Novice To Professional

Introduction

Every program manipulates data. Most real-world programs use data stored in relational databases, so every C# programmer needs to know how to access relational data. This book explains how to do this in C#, with ADO.NET and Language-Integrated Query (LINQ), against SQL Server 2005. The same principles and techniques apply to C# programming against other relational database management systems, such as DB2, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, so what you learn here is valuable whatever database you use.

Who Is This Book For?

This book is for anyone interested in how to access relational data with C#. Only a bit of experience with C# is assumed, and no prior experience with relational database or the relational database language SQL is required. We cover all fundamentals carefully and in an order we believe leads easily from one topic to another, building knowledge and experience as you progress through the book. So, chapters are best read in sequence.